A rare coin with imprints of the demolished Pearl Monument in Bahrain, 24-carat gold Asharfi from the Mughal era, a currency note from Antarctica, a button-sized danthi coin and one-eighth of one paisa are some of the prized possessions of Sanjay Set

The district court has come down heavily on the officer investigating the case of alleged Rs 1,000 crore fraud by developer Adel Landmarks (formerly ERA Landmarks), for concealing information from the court.

Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority accused Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, of shooting the lion with a bow and arrow in April near Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, without approval, on land where it was not al

Two heritage experts are planning a series of monthly lectures in the city to create awareness about Indian art. S Swaminathan and senior artist G Chandrasekharan will speak on "Indian Art from Indus Valley to India Today,"

Following the major landslide near Khandala tunnel on Saturday afternoon, the disruption in traffic continued for a second day on the Mumbai-Pune expressway as a 1-km stretch on the Mumbai lane was found too dangerous to allow travel.

Even as the fate of the proposed Jewar airport in Greater Noida hangs in balance, the UP government has given a fresh boost to construction of an airport facility at Bareilly, the strategic doorway to politically crucial West UP. The department of ci

A rare coin with imprints of the demolished Pearl Monument in Bahrain, 24-carat gold Asharfi from the Mughal era, a currency note from Antarctica, a button-sized danthi coin and one-eighth of one paisa are some of the prized possessions of Sanjay Set

The district court has come down heavily on the officer investigating the case of alleged Rs 1,000 crore fraud by developer Adel Landmarks (formerly ERA Landmarks), for concealing information from the court.

Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority accused Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, of shooting the lion with a bow and arrow in April near Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, without approval, on land where it was not al

Two heritage experts are planning a series of monthly lectures in the city to create awareness about Indian art. S Swaminathan and senior artist G Chandrasekharan will speak on "Indian Art from Indus Valley to India Today,"

Following the major landslide near Khandala tunnel on Saturday afternoon, the disruption in traffic continued for a second day on the Mumbai-Pune expressway as a 1-km stretch on the Mumbai lane was found too dangerous to allow travel.

Even as the fate of the proposed Jewar airport in Greater Noida hangs in balance, the UP government has given a fresh boost to construction of an airport facility at Bareilly, the strategic doorway to politically crucial West UP. The department of ci

A rare coin with imprints of the demolished Pearl Monument in Bahrain, 24-carat gold Asharfi from the Mughal era, a currency note from Antarctica, a button-sized danthi coin and one-eighth of one paisa are some of the prized possessions of Sanjay Set

The district court has come down heavily on the officer investigating the case of alleged Rs 1,000 crore fraud by developer Adel Landmarks (formerly ERA Landmarks), for concealing information from the court.

Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority accused Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, of shooting the lion with a bow and arrow in April near Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, without approval, on land where it was not al

Two heritage experts are planning a series of monthly lectures in the city to create awareness about Indian art. S Swaminathan and senior artist G Chandrasekharan will speak on "Indian Art from Indus Valley to India Today,"

Following the major landslide near Khandala tunnel on Saturday afternoon, the disruption in traffic continued for a second day on the Mumbai-Pune expressway as a 1-km stretch on the Mumbai lane was found too dangerous to allow travel.

Even as the fate of the proposed Jewar airport in Greater Noida hangs in balance, the UP government has given a fresh boost to construction of an airport facility at Bareilly, the strategic doorway to politically crucial West UP. The department of ci

A rare coin with imprints of the demolished Pearl Monument in Bahrain, 24-carat gold Asharfi from the Mughal era, a currency note from Antarctica, a button-sized danthi coin and one-eighth of one paisa are some of the prized possessions of Sanjay Set

The district court has come down heavily on the officer investigating the case of alleged Rs 1,000 crore fraud by developer Adel Landmarks (formerly ERA Landmarks), for concealing information from the court.

Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority accused Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, of shooting the lion with a bow and arrow in April near Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, without approval, on land where it was not al

Two heritage experts are planning a series of monthly lectures in the city to create awareness about Indian art. S Swaminathan and senior artist G Chandrasekharan will speak on "Indian Art from Indus Valley to India Today,"

Following the major landslide near Khandala tunnel on Saturday afternoon, the disruption in traffic continued for a second day on the Mumbai-Pune expressway as a 1-km stretch on the Mumbai lane was found too dangerous to allow travel.

Even as the fate of the proposed Jewar airport in Greater Noida hangs in balance, the UP government has given a fresh boost to construction of an airport facility at Bareilly, the strategic doorway to politically crucial West UP. The department of ci

A rare coin with imprints of the demolished Pearl Monument in Bahrain, 24-carat gold Asharfi from the Mughal era, a currency note from Antarctica, a button-sized danthi coin and one-eighth of one paisa are some of the prized possessions of Sanjay Set

The district court has come down heavily on the officer investigating the case of alleged Rs 1,000 crore fraud by developer Adel Landmarks (formerly ERA Landmarks), for concealing information from the court.

Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority accused Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, of shooting the lion with a bow and arrow in April near Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, without approval, on land where it was not al

Two heritage experts are planning a series of monthly lectures in the city to create awareness about Indian art. S Swaminathan and senior artist G Chandrasekharan will speak on "Indian Art from Indus Valley to India Today,"

Following the major landslide near Khandala tunnel on Saturday afternoon, the disruption in traffic continued for a second day on the Mumbai-Pune expressway as a 1-km stretch on the Mumbai lane was found too dangerous to allow travel.

Even as the fate of the proposed Jewar airport in Greater Noida hangs in balance, the UP government has given a fresh boost to construction of an airport facility at Bareilly, the strategic doorway to politically crucial West UP. The department of ci

fire in the historic Gorton Castle building started around 2:30 am and is still continuing.

in a major fire incident historic Gorton castle was gutted on Monday night. Employees record too has been gutted.

"I also talked to the union culture minister Mahesh Sharma at a function at Talkatora auditorium in New Delhi about the neglect of Buddhist sites in Bihar. I have urged him to take immediate steps for the preservation of Buddhist sites which would be the best tribute to Lord Buddha and his teachings", Alok said.

Talking to TOI from Delhi over phone Alok said Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have failed to protect and preserve major Buddhist sites in Nalanda , Vaishali and monuments at Rajgir.

"We are celebrating the Buddha Purnima today and we have been not able to take concrete steps for the preservation of the Buddhist sites particularly of Bihar which are directly related with Buddha", said Arvind Alok chairman of Buddhist Monuments Development Council (BMDC) .

Several Buddhist sites located in Bihar are in shambles. No sincere effort has been made to preserve and protect the decaying Buddhist pilgrimage and heritage sites of Bihar. Bihar, the homeland of Buddhism, is facing total neglect of Buddhist sites which need immediate attention to restore them from further decaying.

Similarly, all the 38 state protected monuments of Bihar including city's landmark 229 year-old Golghar are intact. The director of the Bihar state archaeology Atul Verma also claimed that no damage has been reported from any parts of the state."

"Soon after tremors on Saturday noon, we have asked all our concerned officers to send me the status report of all these protected sites. As per the information, we do not have any such adverse reports from Bihar and Jharkhand", Naik who is also holding additional charge of Ranchi Circle, told TOI.

All the 71 Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected sites and 38 state protected sites are safe. Talking to TOI on Sunday, ASI superintending archaeologist Patna Circle H A Naik claimed that all the ASI protected sites are intact and he has no report of any cracks in any of these heritage buildings.

All the important heritage sites of Bihar are safe following the high density tremors in different parts of the state during the last 24 hours. Bihar's prized heritage sites including ruins of ancient Nalanda and Vikramshila Mahavihara, Mahabodhi temple, Shershah's tomb at Sasaram, Rohtasgarh fort, Manersharif , Golghar and Ashokan pillar at Kolhua (Muzaffarpur) are safe and intact.

Talking to TOI over phone from Nalanda Alok said : " large number of visitors visiting the site are causing damage to the world renowned heritage site. I have communicated this to the director general of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for immediate intervention.

The chairman of the BMDC Arvind Alok who is currently visiting various Buddhist sites in Bihar said he has found security lapses at ancient ruins of Nalanda university which has been recommended for the world heritage site are facing major security lapses.

Buddhist Monuments Development Council (BMDC) has expressed its deep concern over the security lapses at various Buddhist sites in the state including the famous ancient ruins of Nalanda university. BMDC, a national organisation dedicated to promote growing Buddhist sites in the country.